and then he starts talking about liam clancy and how he used to, bob dylan used to, go to see the clancy brothers in the village in new york. and how it completely informed his music. i'm looking around, i don't know any of this. john sheahan: yeah, in 1968, we were on the ed sullivan show in new york, coast to coast television. but the thing was, we went over to do seven drunken nights because it had been a hit in england and we thought, "let's do the same thing in america." but when ed sullivan heard it he said, "this isn't a moral song, you can't sing that song on my show." we ended up doing muirsheen durkin or something like that. so much for our plans to break into america, you know. we were a bit disillusioned, i think, after that. we thought, "to hell with it, sure." we planned to walk around europe. laura savini: ♪ look at me, talking irish! i love it. david rubinsohn: beautiful. singing irish gorgeously. laura savini: i am singing irish. and what does that mean? of course, welcome home. and we do welcome you home right now to see the wonderful roots of irish music. how they pl